capitulate
9 dictionary results for: Capitulate
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | capitulate1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to agree or surrender according to arranged or proposed terms; to accept defeat; acquiesce |
| Etymology: | Latin capitulum 'titles, chapters' |
| Usage: | intransitive |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | capitulate2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to negotiate, bargain |
| Etymology: | Latin capitulum 'titles, chapters' |
| Usage: | intransitive |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | capitulate3 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to make the terms of surrender |
| Etymology: | Latin capitulum 'titles, chapters' |
| Usage: | intransitive |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | capitulate4 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to divide into chapters, put under titles or headings |
| Etymology: | Latin capitulum 'titles, chapters' |
| Usage: | transitive |
| Note: | obsolete |
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Copyright © 2007 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ca·pit·u·late 
[kuh-pich-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key
[kuh-pich-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
| 1. | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. |
| 2. | to give up resistance: He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ca·pit·u·late
(kə-pĭch'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. ca·pit·u·lat·ed, ca·pit·u·lat·ing, ca·pit·u·lates
[Medieval Latin capitulāre, capitulāt-, to draw up in chapters, from capitulum, chapter; see chapter.] ca·pit'u·lant n., ca·pit'u·la'tor n., ca·pit'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj. |
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Capitulate
Ca*pit"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capitulating.] [LL. capitulatus, p. p. of capitulare to capitulate: cf. F. capituler. See Capitular, n.]1. To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.] There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. --Heylin. There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. --Trench. 2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates. The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Capitulate
Ca*pit"u*late\, v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Share This:
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.